“We would get off the plane, train, and play the game and then head back home.” Close rugby friends, such as Taranaki local Conrad Smith, were always suggesting he pay a visit, he said. “They would tell me all the time how great it was. It was quite nice to find out what else there was to see.” Brook Sabin/Stuff Richie and Gemma McCaw enjoying the Fiordland bush during the Tourism NZ ‘McCaws on Tour’ project. During their weekend visit, the McCaws were treated to guided walks on the maunga, a surfing lesson from Tama Blackburn, of Nau Mai Tours, at Fitzroy Beach, and dinner and accommodation at the Stratford Mountain House, on Taranaki Maunga.